Table implement



(No Model:)

G. MESSERSMITH.

. TABLE IMPLEMENT.

Patented Aug. 11, 1896 INVENTOR BY @i'mw WITNESSES J/A /9M/1/4 L,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GRACE MESSERSMIII-I, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

TABLE IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,553, dated August11, 1896.

Application filed September 10, 1895. Serial No. 562,056. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GRACE MESSERSMITH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TableImplements, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to table implements o1- furnishings, andparticularly to that class thereof known as supports for cars of hotcorn; and the object thereof is to provide a simple and effective deviceof this class by means of which an ear of hot corn may be supportedwithout coming in contact with the table or the cloth thereon; and withthis and other objects in view the invention consists in the devicehereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, and which represents aperspective view of my improved corn holder or support.

My improved corn holder or support is preferably composed entirely ofwire, and comprises a frame consisting of the side bars A and thedownwardly segmentally curved end bars B, said frame being preferablycomposed ofa single piece, and a standard 0, which is preferablycomposed of four separate wires wound together, said wires beingseparated at the base to form the legs D and at the top to form thehorizontal arms E, one of which is connected with each of the segmentalend pieces B of the frame and the other two being separated and curvedoutwardly and upwardly so as to correspond in form with the segmentalend pieces B, as shownat F,

and one of which is connected with each of the side bars A of the frame.

The standard 0 may be of any desired height and the frame A of anydesired size, and I also preferably connect with each of the segmentalend pieces B, near the middle thereof, an upwardly-directed prong orprojection G, said prongs or projections being adapted to hold an ear ofcorn in position on the frame.

My improved device. is well adapted to accomplish the result for whichit is intended and is also comparatively inexpensive, the last elementdepending largely upon the ma terial of which it is composed, and myinvention, as will be understood, is not limited to the use of wire inthe construction of the holder, as herein shown and described, and manymodifications thereof may be readily made without departing from thespirit of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make allsuch alterations and changes therein as fairly come within the scope ofthe invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- A corn-holder formed of wire and consisting of an oblongsemicircular frame having parallel side bars, and curved end bars, and

a standard formed of wires wound together, being separated at the baseto form legs and at the top to form outwardly-extending arms, two ofwhich are connected with the sides of the frame, and the other twoconnected with the curved end pieces and having the ends thereofdirected upwardly and pointed, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence .of the subscribing witnesses, this 9th day ofSeptember, 1895.

GRACE MESSERSMITH.

Witnesses:

G. GERsT, D. GEBHARDT.

